Spin-glass transition of magnetic dipoles with random anisotropy axes

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Abstract

We study partially occupied lattice systems of classical magnetic dipoles which point along randomly oriented axes. Only dipolar interactions are taken into account. From Tempered Monte Carlo simulations, we obtain equilibrium results for $xL^3$ dipoles, randomly located on $L^3$ simple cubic lattice sites, for $L=4, 6,8$ and $12$, with an $x (=0.35,0.5$ and $1)$ fraction of occupied sites. The numerical evidence we obtain supports the existence of an equilibrium spin glass phase below a transition temperature $T_o$, given by $k_BT_o= (0.9\pm 0.1)x\varepsilon_d $, where $\varepsilon_d$ is a nearest neighbor dipole-dipole interaction energy. The spin glass overlap parameter $q$ is statistically distributed, and its mean square deviation follows the rule, $\langle \delta q^2\rangle \simeq 0.25 \langle\mid q \mid \rangle^2 T/x$ in the spin-glass phase.

Authors

  • Julio F. Fernandez

    ICMA, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza

  • Juan J. Alonso

    Universidad de Malaga